Howard Hardee

Alaska Airlines targets two more European cities, rolls out new-look 787 livery bit.ly/3H0VlMZ

Alaska Air ramps up cargo operation with Hawaiian's help bit.ly/472rXQN

Boeing still ‘finalising' 737 Max 7 and 10 engine anti-ice redesign options bit.ly/4l3mixn

Avelo planning closure of Burbank base, total withdrawal from West Coast bit.ly/44UPwbN

Engine fuel-supply switches transitioned to ‘cutoff' before Air India 787-8 crash: investigators bit.ly/4kyyBRW

Final NTSB report on Alaska 737 Max 9 blow-out faults Boeing's worker training and FAA oversight bit.ly/4nYtrSq

Boeing to halt X-66 development, narrow focus to thin wings for future jets bit.ly/44EzELO

Delta takes hard stance against paying tariffs for Airbus deliveries bit.ly/4lr8zSq

Air Canada expects to receive first A321XLR in Q4 as fleet renewal progresses bit.ly/42hPCsI

Airbus touts open-fan engines and folding wing designs for next narrowbody jet bit.ly/4hNP97o

✈️Rise Air, Canada's launch customer for the ATR 72-600 is boosting northern connectivity with three new aircraft, providing "passenger, cargo and medevac services in places where aviation is the only feasible option."| By @howard_hardee via @FlightGlobal atrnews.info/RiseAir

Allegiant takes delivery of three 737 Max jets from Boeing ‘earlier than contemplated' bit.ly/4hLS9BB

.@Boeing asks the FAA to temporarily exempt the 737 Max 7's and Max 10's yaw-damper system from some requirements. It plans to update the system in the coming years and insists the yaw-damper system is safe: flightglobal.com/airframers/boe…

@emmannhill If you were to settle down somewhere outside of the US, where would it be?

Spirit alleges that rival airlines seek its demise with stock de-listing imminent bit.ly/49nh7UK

Southwest's fourth-quarter fortunes looking up as ‘tactical' changes start paying off bit.ly/41mkRnn

@ehamer7 Wow, good work. Never even heard about the mass starvation event in Kenya until reading this. Story deserves an award.

Been in what I like to call my “writing hole” for the last year working on this series. First installment out today: #tracking-source=home-top-story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tucson.com/life-entertain…

UK's @VerticalAero advances to untethered flight tests of latest VX4 prototype but pushes back cert until 2028; promises first upgrade in 2030 - seemingly taking capacity from 4 to 6 pax. flightglobal.com/aerospace/vert…

Former Spirit Airlines CEO and ULCC pioneer Ben Baldanza dies at 62 bit.ly/3Yv4Qso

Tariffs, mergers, missiles and SAF: what Harris and Trump policies would mean for airlines and aerospace bit.ly/40vP2rS